Liliana Benveniste was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a teacher, singer, and composer, and has dedicated her life to compile, recreate, and promote Sephardi culture during the last 20 years, teaching the language, traditions, and songs that stem from the rich Sephardi traditions. She has composed music for various contemporary poems written in …
“Los bilbilikos” (“the nightingales” in English) is a traditional sephardi song. Some versions opt to have one of the verses as a chorus, while others just sing each verse. The song is one of the most important pieces in the Sephardi repertoire, being one of the most played, interpreted, adapted, etc. Sephardi songs. “Los bilbilikos” …
Samuel Ibn Naghrilah (called in Hebrew שמואל הלבי, Shmuel haLevi, and in Arabic إسماعيل بن النغريلة, Isma’il ibn anNaghrilah) was a Sephardi statesman, poet, and commander of the army and leader of the Jewish community of Granada. He died between 1055 and 1056 in Granada. Life Samuel was born in Córdoba in 993 to a …
The Alhambra Degree (Sp. Edicto de Granada) marked the end of the Sephardi age in Spain. Commonly known as the Edict of Expulsion, the Ahlambra Decree was issued March 31, 1492 and ordered the expulsion of Spanish Jews by July 31 the same year. It took centuries to revoke the decree. Background It had been …
